Gigstarter Artist of the Year 2019

What is the Gigstarter Artist of the Year competition?

Gigstarter Artist of the Year is an annual competition since 2014. People can subscribe for the competition from 18th September until the 30th September 2019. After that period a jury makes a shortlist out of all the artists that entered the contest. The final shortlist will be announced at October 16, 2019. From that moment on fans and followers can submit their votes on the artists on the shortlist. On the Gigstarter profile page of the artist, fans can submit their votes. The top 3 live acts with most of the votes will be invited to play a live gig during the Artist of the Year final on December 13th, 2019.

What happens at the Gigstarter Artist of the Year final?

The three artists that win the online voting competition get to perform during the final. After the three live performances, the expert jury will decide which act will become Gigstarter Artist of the Year 2019. In addition to a jury-prize, Gigstarter will be giving away a prize to the performance that wins the audience’s popular vote. Furthermore, the DJ of the Year will be entertaining the crowd with its music.

Which artists can participate?

Every artist who has a public profile on Gigstarter and who can perform original compositions for at least 40 minutes, can participate at the competition. Competing artist-formations can range from live solo-artists to full bands and are only allowed to play one cover song during the final. For DJs a parallel, yet separate competition is organised, which allows the winning DJ to perform during the event in Amsterdam. Artists of the Year finalists from previous years are excluded from the competition.

How do artists participate?

With only one push on the button you can participate in the Gigstarter Artist of the Year 2019 competition. To compete, login, go to your artist dashboard and click the "Participate" button, registrations closes on September 30, 2019. On October 16, 2019, the jury will announce the shortlist and fans and followers can start voting on their favorite band. A ‘vote’ button will be showed temporarily on your Gigstarter Artist profile. Make sure to ask all your fans to vote for you through social media by sharing the link to your profile after you are part of the shortlist!

Shortlist

The jury full of experts from the music industry depends their choice for the shortlist on the musical quality of the artists and the quality of the Gigstarter profile. The shortlist can contain artists with different musical background and/or genres.

What can artists win?

The winner, chosen by the expert jury, holds the title of Gigstarter Artist of the Year 2019 and will not leave empty handed. The competition gives artist great exposure and a unique opportunity to perform at a high-end international venue.

Can DJs join the competition?

There is a special competition for the DJs on Gigstarter. Every DJ who has a public profile on Gigstarter can participate in the competition. The DJ should be able to perform for at least one hour and is free in its selection of music. The DJ with most votes can perform during and after the final.

How can I vote?

You can vote for your favorite artists, from October 16, through a link on the profile of competing artists. You will need to login with Facebook to identify yourself (this way we know that every user is unique and helps us detect fraud). We will only use your voters' email addresses to send a single invitation for the Artist of the Year final.

Until when can I vote?

Everyone can vote from October 16, 2019 until November 4, 2019. At that point, the top 3 most popular artists and the winning DJ will be determined.

How many times is it possible to vote?

You can vote only one time on a particular artist, but on as many different artists as you’d like! If we suspect any form of fraud, we have the right to remove those votes.

Can I attend the Gigstarter Artist of the Year final?

For sure! The exciting final of the Gigstarter Artist of the Year competition will take place on December 13th in Amsterdam. More information is coming soon!

Will finalists receive a remuneration?

Gigstarter cannot provide travel or accommodation expenses of any kind for finalist. If you are participating the competition you should be able to play at the final on 13th December. If not, the title and opportunity goes to other artists.

Which artist won last year?

After 3 amazing performances during the final Artist of the Year 2018. The talented band Stoned Therapists went home with the title Gigstarter Artist of the Year 2018, as well as several nice prizes! DJ Frank Gomez was Gigstarter DJ of the Year 2018.

Rowland Jones
/ Solista
/ Manchester

People have said that my music reminds them of writers as incredibly diverse as Mose Allison, John Martyn, Jim Croce Ron Sexsmith and Bill Withers!— how good is that? I stared playing the blues back in the late 60's but since I've played country rock, funk, jazz and all sorts of stuff! A couple of friends described my music as 'soulful Americana'. Have recently recorded an album with producer Nigel Stonier (Thea Gilmore, Fairport Convention, Waterboys) on bass, guitars, keyboards and Ukulele, together with pedal steel player CJ Hillman - voted U.K. Americana musician of the year 2017 - and legendary drummer Paul Burgess (10cc, Jethro Tull, Chris Farlowe)
PS I've put my fee from £150 upwards as this site only allows you to register in one way whereas I can work as a solo artist, duo, trio or quartet. - tell me what you want and we can get it together! Same goes for the length of performance !

Música

New Start, New Day

Too much to do

Blue ain't just the colour

Evaluaciones

Por
Mat Hibbert- Papillon Promotions
El
19/07/2018

Rowland Jones has performed for Papillon Promotions on several occasions over the last few years. He has always been an absolute pleasure to work with on a professional level. In terms of performance I have been fortunate enough to see him as a solo artist, duo, and with a
full band set up: each ensemble offering something a little different to the listener. His vast knowledge of music, and years spent honing the craft mean that he has the skill and dexterity to effortlessly adapt to any given type of audience and venue size. His style has its foundations in the old style Blues, but is blended perfectly with a great awareness and understanding of the modern contemporary song and form.

Por
Heidi Dewhirst
El
18/07/2018

Rowland Jones is a performer of the highest standard, making even the most sophisticated pieces seem so easy to play, and always a pleasure to hear.